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The American Telephone
Th United States has less than 6 of the
world's population, yet it has more than 64 of
all the world's telephones. The five states of
Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota and the Dakotas have
more telephones than all Great Britain.
The City of New York has more telephones than
all of France and Spain combined. Chicago has
more telephones than all of Austria.
The Cost of OpcrsFng
The telephone companies in this country pay
double the wages for the same kind of work that
is paid in Europe, and telephone equipment costs
a great deal more here.
Fully half of the European telephone exchinqfes
are closed at night and on Sundays and holidays.
It is the general rule in this country to give all
night and all-day Sunday telephone service.
When the efficiency of the service and the cost
of producing it is considered, American local and
long distance telephone rates are by far the low
est in the world.
NEBRASKA TELEPHONE COMPANY
OLIVER OLSON BACK
Convicted In 1900 of Murder of Mkh
el Slrck At Ills llotne 14 Mllee
West of Alliance
Oliver Oleson returned to Alliance
last Saturday after thirteen years In
the state penitentiary at Lancaster,
for the murder of Michael Slrck in
1902. Ilia sentence wan for twenty
years, but he was released Just seven
years before it had expired.
The real murderer, according to
the evidence, was August Jahnke,
who was first tried for the crime and
was sentenced to prison for life by
Judge Westover. Oleson made a
confension shortly after the rrlme
was committed, giving the details of , thereon.
rave Jahnke a new trial, which was
held at Rushvllle.
The crime for which Jahnke was
convicted was the shooting of Slrcks.
County Attorney Mitchell handled
the case for the state throughout, as
sisted by Attorney General F. N.
rrout and Deputy Attorney General
Norrls Drown. R. C. Noleman, 0.
F. Oilman and Hamer A llamer for
the plaintiff in error Jahnke.
The special motive for the rrlme
v.iia found in the fact that there were
two Insurance policies on the life of
Sink, amounting on their face to
f4.(00. The Insurance was payable
to August Jahnke and there v:ia evl
d Mice that Juhnke had persisted in
pri.i'uririR lhe Insurance and had
made some payments to the company
This Insurance, however,
the horrible tragedy. From this con
fession Jahnke was convicted and
sent to the penitentiary. Several
months afterward, Oleson stated that
he had made his confession under
the "third degree", and then proceed
ed to retract his statements. This
Darnell & Shelton
Bonded City Scavengers
Disposal at City Dump Grounds
PRICES:
Hauling Garbage, per load .
Taking care of Residences, per month
Taking Care of Business Places, per month
75c
50c
$1.00
An other hauling is specified in City Ordinance
No Exorbitant Charges
Efficient Service
Save Time, Trouble and Worry
PHONE 575
T. S. Fielding
The Wardrobe
The only odorless cleaning in the City. We have the only
power machinery in Alliance for the cleaning of clothes none'
of that odor found in hand cleaning. The price is no higher.
Try us and be convinced.
315 Box Butte Ave.
Phone 682
That Obstinate Headache
so often caused by eyestrain
need no longer bother you if
you will come here and be fit
ted with the proper glasses. Did
you say they are not becoming f
Now listen ; some glasses are
not, we will admit. With the
passing of the old style high-
briusre mounting, which was
conspicuous and uncomforta
ble, we are now using the low-
bridge eyeglass which works
with the fingers, is artistic in
design and really becoming.
- DRAKE & DRAKE
Ilegistered Optometrists
Over Lntspelch'a Variety Store
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DYE & OWENS
Transfer Lin
Dray Phone 54
HOUSEHOLD GOODS
moved promptly, and
Transfer Work solicited.
Residence phone 636 and Blue 674
Hand made from beat material.
Outlaat any factory made goods.
Call and see.
Harness repairing by experienc
ed barneaa maker.
JT. M. COVERT
At M. D. Nichols' stand. Alliance
Make Your Home
Safe by Using
Safe Home
Matches
They are the strongest,
sturdiest, safest matches
in the world.
They light almost anywhere.
These are real safety
matches.
They don't spark. They
don't sputter. The heads
don't fall off. The sticks
are unusually strong.
They are non-poisonous
and conform in every
respect with the new Fed
eral law.
5c. All grocers.
Ask for them by name.
The Diamond Match
Company
SHiil
wan In a local rum puny which had
been In business only a few months.
It was a mutual benefit association.
Evidence, was offered that there had
bee nbut one death in the member
ship since its organization, that upon
his life there was a policy of 12,000,
and that there was only $600 In the
treasury for its settlement.
Jahnke, the defendant, and Oleson,
who at the time was the witness for
the state, lived In Alliance. Oleson
tcHtlfled that he and Jahnke went to
the home of Slrck on March 4, 1902,
"to get a pump out of the well". The
well was about 110 feet deep, and on
the suggestion of Jahnke they decid
ed to let Slrck down by a rope to re
cover a certain piece of pipe. When
they started to draw him up Jahnke
got his team and hitched It to the
rope, telling Oleaon to cut the rope
when they, had Slrck nearly to the
top. Oleson objected to this, and It
was agreed that Jahnke would cut
the rope while he was driving the
team. Oleson giving him a signal
when Sirck was nearly to the top.
Jahnke cut two or three times before
the rope parted, and Slrck went to
the bottom of the well. Feeling sure
the fall was fatal, but wanting to
make sure of It, Jahnke went to the
edge of the well and called. He was
immediately answered by Slrck, who
said he was not hurt. He was then
hauled to the surface.
Oleson testified that he and Jahnke
had had a talk, at which time Jahnke
told him of being the beneficiary of
Sirok's will and life insurance policy,
and told Oleson that if he would as
sist him in killing Slrck. he would
give half of the amount of the will
and Insurance, deducting doctor and
funeral expenses.
That same night another attempt
was made on the life of Slrck. Jahnke
told Oleson to point a revolver at
Slrck's back while they were in the
house and let It accidentally go off
and kill him. Oleson made the at
tempt, but Slrck said he was not hit,
although he was but two feet from
Oleson when the gun was fired. Three
days later, according to the testimony
of Oleson, Jahnke returned to Slrck's
home to make sure whether or not he
had died after they left. The two
plotters thought It possible that
Slrck had been hit In the stomach,
and had afterward died. However,
Jahnke found him In a healthy con
dition, and later reported to Oleson
that he whs "not hurt a particle".
Oleson then procured some enrnw
Ive sublimate. This plan was ii tri ed
to by Jahnke when they had decided
that "a bullet would not kill Slrck".
According to the testimony, a 'tea
spoonful of the HUhllmiite was pt t In
Slrck's sugar that he used in his cof
fee. Slrck drank the cup of coffee,
but said it tasted bad. He then pro
ceeded to make himself some fresh
coffee, using the same poisoned sug
ar in it. This had no visible effect,
and the next morning the same plan
was followed, Slrck using two tea
spoonfuls of the sublimate and sug
ar. According to the testimony, this
also had no effect on him Experts
who were present at the trial testi
fied that a tablespoonful of corrosive
sublimate contains 400 to. 480
grains, and that 3 to 5 grains would
cause death. Oleson snld he put a
full tablespoonful of the poison In
the sugar, and that he thought most
of It was used by Slrck.
The fourth attempt at the life of
Slrck was successful. Jahnke sug
gested that they again try Oleson's
revolver. Oleson said his revolver
was not effective and told Jahnke to
get his shotgun. A few days later
they again went to the Slrck place
and stayed all night. The next
morning-Oleson stepped out of the
bedroom into the room where Slrck
was sitting, and as he passed through
the door he discharged the shotgun.
The load took effect in Slrck's back,
and death resulted almost Instantly.
Oleson is a large man, being six
feet four inches tall. His ignorance
of the consequences and his weak
mind were the cause of his downfall,
for which he paid the penalty, while
the instigator escaped punishment.
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The new Maxwell is equipped wiiii a one
man real mohair lop. It can be raised or low
ered almost in an instant, by one person.
There are no top bows near the driver's seat.
This gives the driver and passenger beside
him an unobstructed view on both sides of
the car.
The storm curtains are quick-adjustable.
We are waiting to take you for a
test ride in the car that has broken
all low "First-Cost" records, and is
breaking all low "After-Cost" records.
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Hemingford, Nebr.
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SIDNEY HERE FRIDAY
Will CTUfllk With AlllAtice High Foot
1111 fkpmd on the IjocaI Plel4
Alliance Confident
The Sidney football squad will be
here Friday "forty strong", or at
least nearly that strong. Anyway,
they are coming here with their
minds net on making Alliance sit up
and take aotlce. Scottsbluff beat
Sidney, but the local team Is taking
no chances, and are spending their
evenings practicing and getting la
shape for Friday's game. The Sid
ney boys have a reputation for play
Ins clean football, ss have (lie Al!t
nnce boys, and this game promises
to be a good one from start to finish.
Touch Crawford says the Alliance
team In almost in the pink of condi
tion, and that they will be able to
put up a stiff game. The "rooters"
were out in u goodly number last
Friday when Alliance played Chad
roil and all teemed Interested In ta
home team, and it Is expected that
there will be an even better repre
sentation at tomorrow's game. Tb
game starts at 3:30 prompt.
Fire In Essay's Store
A conflagration that would have
proved serious had It not been for
the quick discovery and the timely
arrival of the fire , department occur
red at the rear of E. Essay's store,
four doors from the Herald ofllce,
Friday. In Borne unknown manner
a twenty-five gallon can of gasoline
at the rear of the building became
Ignited, and in a few seconds the
blase was leaping thirty feet Into the
air. The gasoline can was oniy par
tially filled, and this fact probably
prevented more damage than was
done. The rear end of the building
is constructed of brick, and while it
was not damaged, the flames . went
through the window, burning the sill
and catching the wall paper on the
ceiling inside. The damage was
about 25.
llornee Burn at Ashby
The Wolf-Freymuth livery barn at
Ashby burned to' the ground Monday,
and with it four head of fine horses
and a considerable amount of hay.
No one knows how the fire started,
but It had gained Such headway be
fore It was discovered that the efforts
of the Ashby bucket brigade proved
fruitless. Every effort was made to
rescue the horse, but only one ani
mal wan loosed. This was one of
the best hornea In Ashby, and when
It was finally, brought out from the
barn its ears were burned off and Its
nose and line wore burned crisp. Sev
eral men elmsed it for a mile or bo
before thVy finally succeeded in
shooting It. A pitiful sight was an
old man, a homesteader In the ABh
hy neighborhood, who lost a fine
team of druft horses In the flames.
He had brought a load of potatoes to
town and had barely put his team
Into the stable when the fire broke
out. The team was valued at about
$400, and represented all the old
man's earthly possession beside his
homestead and his little sod house.
The Only
Linens
GUARANTEED
lJerryvale
1iuro irjsn
-mens
DAMASKS, CRASHES. ART LINENS
HUCKABACKS Wt- f
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The Horace IWxrue Store
HOIOIOIOIll
DeafiMwe Otuuiot Itc Cured
by local applications, as they cannot
reach tbo dweased portion ol tne ear.
There Is only one way to cure deaf
ness, and that is by constitutional
remedies. Deafness Is caused by an
inflamed condition of the mucous lin
ing of the Ifluslachlan Tube. Whoa
this tube la Inflamed you have a rum
bling sound or Imperfect hearing,
and when It is entirely closed, deaf
ness Is the result, and unless the In
flammation can be taken out and this
tube restored to Its normal condition,
bearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by
Catarrh, which is nothing but an In
flamed condition of the mucous sur
faces. We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any cose of Deafness (caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by
Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for cir
culars, free.
. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo. O
Sold by druggists, 7 6c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for con
stipation. Will OpMi New Tailor Shop 1
John Bennett has leased the build
ing on West Third street formerly
occupied' by the Pryor Grocery com
pany, and next to the Alliance Auto
supply company, and will open there
in an up-to-date cleaning, pressing:
and repairing slioj) this week. Mr.
Dennett in here with bis family, and
they will Btart housekeeping as soon
as they can find a house. Mr. Den
nett comes to Alliance from Chadron.
where he has been in the tailoring
business for a number of years, and
will no doubt be successful.
There should be a law to protect
hard-working telephone poles from
I drunken Joyriders.
Help Me Tell Eastern People
About Your Wonderful Crops
HowT Give me the address of your old friends back East that you
believe would profit by becoming a land owner in your neighborhood.
I will do my part to locate them in the West. Farmers of the Middle
States have had good crops for the pant two KeasoiiH and with their
surplus money are in good position to either homestead or buy out
right low priced lands in Western Nebraska, Eastern Colorado, Wy
oming, South Dakota and Montana. The coming season is our best
chance in years to locate Eastern people on Western lands. Let us
tell them of our big crops and the splendid chanee the West offers
them for a home and increased land value. Do you want them or
6hall some other locality secure themf
This is, also, an appeal to commercial clubs and county organiza
tions along the Burlington to secure for me aceeptible sample yields
of your 1915 products for exhibit in our Exhibit Room in Chicago. It
is a line chance to advertise your locality. 1
will take care of these after they have been de
livered at the Burlington Station prepared for
shipment.
S. B. HOWARD, IMMIGRATION AGENT,
1004 Farnam Street, Omaha, Neb.